Amazon DynamoDB Items API

Operations for putting, getting, updating, and deleting individual items

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POST /#BatchGetItem Batch Get Item #

POST /#DeleteItem Delete one item by its primary key · Delete Item #

Ask an LLM

“How do I remove a single record from a DynamoDB table?”

“Can I delete an item only if one of its attributes has an expected value?”

Tell an agent destructive · confirm first

Delete the item with key {key} from table {table_name}.

Remove item {key} from {table_name} only if {condition}.

POST /#GetItem Fetch one item by its primary key · Get Item #

Ask an LLM

“How do I look up a single record in a table by its primary key?”

“Can I get a strongly consistent read of one item instead of an eventually consistent one?”

Tell an agent

Get the item with key {key} from table {table_name}.

Fetch only the attributes {projection} of item {key} in {table_name}.

POST /#PutItem Write or replace an item in a table · Put Item #

Ask an LLM

“How do I insert a new record into a DynamoDB table?”

“What happens if I put an item whose primary key already exists?”

Tell an agent

Put item {item} into table {table_name}, replacing any item with the same key.

Write item {item} to {table_name} only if {condition}.

POST /#UpdateItem Edit attributes on an existing item · Update Item #

Ask an LLM

“How do I change just a few attributes on an existing item without rewriting the whole thing?”

“Can I increment a counter or remove an attribute with an update expression?”

Tell an agent

Update item {key} in table {table_name} with expression {update_expression}.

Change attributes on item {key} in {table_name} only if {condition}, and return the updated values.

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